Radical 水

4 strokes

When this character appears as the left-hand side of other characters, it is abbreviated to the form 氵 which we have already met (78a).

汽水 (412) qìshuǐ soft drink

水果 (187) shuǐguǒ fruit

水平 (309) shuǐpíng proficiency; level, standard

/ The water wheel has stopped and the ghostly teddy, who looks after it, is shaking his head — he can’t fix it because he’s dropped his shades in the mechanism (and can’t see very well without them).